Event Intro
EventIntro vs RingCentral Events (formerly Hopin)
EventIntro and RingCentral Events (formerly Hopin) target different event sizes. RingCentral Events is built for large virtual conferences with stages, sessions, and broadcast tooling; EventIntro is built for cohort events of 10–100 people. Choose RingCentral Events if you're running a 500+ person virtual conference; choose EventIntro if matching attendees matters more than streaming sessions.
What is RingCentral Events?
RingCentral Events is the rebranded Hopin platform — a virtual and hybrid event-management product that handles registration, multi-stage broadcasting, sessions, sponsor booths, and basic networking ringcentral.com/events. The platform is built around large virtual conferences and hybrid summits.
How does EventIntro differ from RingCentral Events?
The two products serve event sizes that demand different design choices. RingCentral Events is optimised for one-to-many broadcast — a stage, an audience, sponsor booths, scheduled sessions. EventIntro is optimised for many-to-many connection — small breakouts, complementary matching, post-event chat that persists in a cohort.
The matchmaking layer is the most visible difference. RingCentral Events offers tag-based attendee suggestions and virtual networking tables; EventIntro runs an LLM-driven pipeline that produces personalised top picks per attendee with generated introductions. For a 50-person mastermind, the EventIntro pipeline is the whole point. For a 5,000-person product launch, RingCentral Events' broadcast tooling is the whole point.
Pricing also differs structurally. RingCentral Events is tiered with sales-led pricing for higher tiers ringcentral.com/events/pricing; EventIntro is a flat $500/yr per cohort.
Feature comparison
| Feature | EventIntro | RingCentral Events |
|---|---|---|
| Optimal event size | 10–100 people | 500+ people ringcentral.com |
| Stage / broadcast | Not a streaming platform | Multi-stage broadcasting |
| Matchmaking | Embedding-based, complementary | Tag-based suggestions |
| Sponsor booths | — | Built-in features |
| Pricing model | $500/yr per cohort | Tiered, sales-led pricing |
When to pick RingCentral Events over EventIntro
Pick RingCentral Events if you're running a 500+ person virtual or hybrid conference with multiple stages, sponsor booths, and a content-heavy agenda. The platform's strength is broadcast: streaming sessions, breakout chat alongside the keynote, sponsor lead capture. EventIntro doesn't host video, doesn't have stages, and doesn't compete on virtual-venue tooling. If broadcast is the centre of your event, RingCentral Events is the right tool.
When to pick EventIntro over RingCentral Events
Pick EventIntro when the value of the event is the conversations, not the content. A 60-person mastermind, an alumni dinner, a corporate offsite — the broadcast layer doesn't matter; the matching layer does. EventIntro's pipeline is built for that case; RingCentral Events' tag-based attendee suggestions aren't.